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Board of County Commissioners • Periodically obtaining public input to keep the
plan up to date, using a variety of outreach and
The BOCC should take the lead in the following citizen and stakeholder involvement methods.
general areas:
• Assisting County staff in generating and presenting
• Adopting and amending the plan, after the annual report on plan implementation
recommendation by the Planning Commission. progress described above.

• Acting as a “champion” of the plan.
County Staff
• Establishing the overall implementation priorities
and timeframes by which action strategies in the County Staff should take the lead in the following
plan will be initiated and completed. general areas:
• Considering and approving the funding • Managing day-to-day implementation of
commitments that will be required. the plan, including coordination through

• Adopting new or amended land development an interdepartmental plan implementation
regulations to implement the plan. committee.
• Approving intergovernmental and development • Supporting and carrying out capital improvement
agreements that implement the plan. planning efforts.
• Offering final approval of projects and activities • Managing the drafting of new or amended land
and their associated costs during the County’s development regulations.
annual budget process, keeping in mind the need • Conducting studies and developing additional
for consistency with the plan and its policies. special-purpose and/or special area plans.
• Providing policy direction to the Planning • Reviewing land development applications for
Commission, other appointed County boards consistency with the Comprehensive Plan.
and commissions, and County staff.
• Negotiating the specifics of intergovernmental
Planning Commission and development agreements.
• Administering collaborative programs and
The Planning Commission should take the lead in ensuring open channels of communication
the following general areas: with various private, public, and non-profit

• Ensuring that recommendations forwarded implementation partners.
to the Board of County Commissioners are • Maintaining an inventory of potential plan
reflective of the plan goals, priorities, and action amendments, as suggested by County staff and
strategies. others, for consideration during annual and

• After holding one or more public hearings to periodic plan review and update processes.
discuss new or evolving County issues and • Generating and presenting an annual report
needs, making recommendations to the BOCC to the Planning Commission and BOCC
regarding plan updates and plan amendments. concerning progress toward implementation of
• In coordination with County staff, hosting the the Comprehensive Plan.
education initiative previously described.

96 | Plan Pottawatomie County 2040 Adopted - August 19, 2019